Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-12
THE CATTLE INTEREST.


Deliberations of the CassIemen La
Their Recent Convention.
Kansas CITT, Nov 2.-In the cattle
mems convention in this city yesterday
the following preamble and resolutions
we're presented:
Whereas, The authorities Of the
bureau Of animal industry have declared
officially that contagious pleuro-pneu-
monia. has been completely stamped out
in all affected districts except Maryland,
New York and New Jersey, now, there
fore,
Resolved, That the government be re-
quested to promptly raise all existing
government guarantees in all districts
west Of the Allegheny mountains and
further.
Resolved, That it Is the sense of this
convention that the quarantine regula-
ton now existing in Cook county, Hi
nois, and elsewhere west OF the Ale
CLANCY mountains should be raised on
or before November Is, 1887. Referred
tothe committee ON resolutions.
J. Il. Osborne then read a paper on
cattle transportation.
Hon. L a. Hazleton, Of Iowa, offered
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the means Of commun-
ication and transportation sShall be
owned and controlled by the people, as
In the United States postal service, and
equitable rates everywhere established
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
boarding of the peoples money in the
United States treasury, thereby con
tracing the volume of money and cans
ing low prices Of all products of indus
try.
Resolved, That we are in favor of a
national monetary system in the inter
est Of the producer instead of the specu-
lator and usurer
Resolved, That a people government
shall protect and encourage the indus
trial classes by making loans to citizens
at as low rate of interest as TO bankers.
Resolved, That special privileges TO
control the volume of money and all the
great lines of transportation shall not lie
granted by a peoples government to
capitalistic rings. Referred to the COM
mittee ON resolutions
Mr. Clark, OF Iowa, presented the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Whereas, American breeders have.
during the last 100 wears. been importing
from foreign countries the best cattle TO
be obtained in those countries. until at
the present time we have a large and
ample supply of the most improved and
best breeds and,
Whereas, The most contagious and
deadly disease known to exist among the
cattle Of the United States are exotic
diseases imported from foreign countries
where these diseases are still prevailing,
therefore
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
convention that sound public policy de-
mands that, for the present, all imp0r-
tatlons of cattle shOuld- be suspended
until such time AS the respective conn
tr1es from which we have been drawing
our supplies have adopted and enforced
measures for the thorough eradiction of
those diseases known respectively as
contagious pleuro-pneumonia, foot and
month diseases and rindpest
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be forwarded to the secretary Of
the United States treasury and that he
be respectfully urged to suppress, for
the present, the importation of cattle
from foreign countries.
q. w. Baker, of Chicago, offered the
following resolution:
Whereas, We believe that taxation OF
food products in the United States is
both unjust and unnecessary, and that
the government should not impose a
tax upon any article Of common supply
for the protection of some other com
petitive branch of commerce, be it
Resolved, That this convention earn
estly protests against the tax 81 Cleo
margarine and butterine, and hereby
urge such repeal of the law which I'M
poses this unjust and unnecessary tax
upon the only article OF food in the
United States which IS taxed.